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December 16, 2009
NASA Outlines Recent Breakthroughs In Greenhouse Gas Research
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 16, 2009
Researchers studying carbon dioxide, a leading greenhouse gas and a key driver of global climate change, now have a new tool at their disposal: daily global measurements of carbon dioxide in a key part of our atmosphere. The data are courtesy of the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument on NASA's Aqua spacecraft. Moustafa Chahine, the instrument's science team leader at NASA's ... read more

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China Launches First Public-Welfare Mini Satellite
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ESA And World Bank Move Towards Closer Collaboration
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NASA, Saudi Arabia partner on research
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Rocket Plane Roulette
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Memory Foam Mattress Review & Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison

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Successful Maiden Flight For Elbit Hermes 900 UAV
Haifa, Israel (SPX) Dec 16, 2009
Elbit Systems has announced that its Hermes 900 UAV completed a successful Maiden Flight and will commence serial production following the completion of additional flight tests. The Hermes 900 is based on the successful track record of the Hermes 450, that has accumulated over 170,000 flight hours and is one of less than handful of UAVs in the world to cross the 100,000 operational flight ... more

Live-Fire Demo Showcases Future Weapons
Fort Benning GA (SPX) Dec 16, 2009
The Small Arms Branch of the Soldier Requirements Division rolled out more than 30 weapon systems - including pistols, rifles, sniper weapons, machine guns and grenade launchers - for a special live-fire demonstration Tuesday at Red Cloud Range. The weapons, including new sniper technology, weapons upgrades and an air burst rifle prototype, represent 60 percent of the Army's small arms ... more

Innocon - A Success Story And A Technological Tour De Force
Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Dec 16, 2009
Innocon unveils its line of remarkable UAVs that share the company's technological and performance breakthroughs. Established in 2001, Innocon already boasts a record of products featuring technological solutions to challenges that have eluded the global UAV industry since its inception. Innocon's line of UAVs range from 6kg to 900kg and feature unique technological solutions designed to ... more

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Japan to halt new missile defence spending: media


S. Korea considers U.S. MRAPs


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TeliaSonera launches first commercial 4G/LTE network

Cisco going from Internet plumber to platform

Google to let publishers limit free website access

NASA's WISE Eye On The Universe Begins All-Sky Survey Mission

WISE Launch Rescheduled For December 14

Helios 2B Military Observation Platform Given "Go" For Launch

Swept Wings: The Breakthrough To Modern Aviation

At 50, Taiwan airline eyes turbulent future

EADS Eyes Tie-Up With ISRO On Hypersonic Plane Technologies

Third WGS Satellite Sends First Signals From Space

USAF Launches Satellite To Enhance Military Communications

TacSat-4 Spacecraft Complete And Awaiting Launch

China starts building bridge linking Hong Kong, Macau

Space Debris Remediation Seen As A New Business Area

Cryostat To Fly On Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer Mission

Stephen Gibson Appointed Commercial Director of SSTL

Former Air Force Commander Joins SpaceX

CSF President Bretton Alexander Joins NASA Advisory Council

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Swept Wings: The Breakthrough To Modern Aviation
Bonn, Germany (SPX\) Dec 16, 2009
The fact that intercontinental air travel with acceptable flight times is an everyday occurrence today is due to an apparently simple idea: the swept wing. Seventy years ago, the advantages of a swept wing in comparison to an unswept or straight one was experimentally demonstrated for the first time at the Aerodynamics Research Institute in Gottingen, the precursor of today's German Aerospace ... more

China defends high-tech procurement rules: govt
Beijing (AFP) Dec 15, 2009
China on Tuesday defended rules that foreign companies claim lock them out of the multibillion dollar market for selling computers and office equipment to government departments. Beijing stipulates that sellers of high-tech goods must have them accredited based on "indigenous innovation" -- meaning they must contain Chinese intellectual property -- to be included in a government procurement ... more

New, Efficient Transistor Could One Day Power Laptops, Cars
Ithaca NY (SPX) Dec 16, 2009
Cornell researcher has created an extremely efficient transistor made from a material that may soon replace silicon as king of semiconductors for power applications. Junxia Shi, a graduate student in the laboratory of Lester Eastman, the John Given Foundation Professor of Engineering, developed the gallium nitride-based device, which could form the basis for the circuitry in products ... more

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China starts building bridge linking Hong Kong, Macau


Beijing vehicles to exceed four million: state media


China bond holdings steady, but US capital flows down
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S.Leone unemployed get work in Iraq, Afghanistan: official

'Death of Kyoto would be death of Africa': AU

African frustration erupts at UN climate talks

Beijing vehicles to exceed four million: state media

Toyota aims to roll out plug-in Prius in two years

China's BAIC agrees to buy some Saab assets

Galaxy Collision Switches On Black Hole

PHARAO Atomic Clock Agreement Signed By ESA And CNES

Scientist Uncovers Relics Of Ancient Cosmos

Russia To Launch MIM1 Module To ISS Next Year

Russia Plans To Send 10 Spacecraft To ISS Next Year

SpaceX Begins NASA Astronaut Training For Dragon Spacecraft COTS Program

Shuttle Endeavour readied for a space trip

Space shuttle Atlantis lands back on Earth

Atlantis Ready For Landing Friday

ATK Successfully Ground Tests New Castor 30 Upper Stage Solid Rocket Motor

Virgin spaceship to take visitors into suborbital space

Steering The Ares Rockets On A Straight Path

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China bid to counter BHP-Rio iron tie-up: report

Physicists predict cooler computers

Japan's Panasonic wins control of ailing Sanyo

NASA's WISE Eye On The Universe Begins All-Sky Survey Mission

'Environmental Atlas Of Europe' Unveiled At COP15

Space Debris Remediation Seen As A New Business Area

Russia Orbits Three New Glonass Navigation Satellites

US mulls Predator strikes in Pakistani cities: report

Fighting IED Attacks With SCARE Technology

High-tech, eco-friendly dream home takes shape in Japan

Walker's World: Beware the Greeks

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Science seeks to control the Casimir force

China cracks EU roadworks market via Poland

Toyota aims to roll out plug-in Prius in two years

Taiwan vows help for China trade pact job losers: report

US in plan to aid poor nations develop clean energy

TeliaSonera launches first commercial 4G/LTE network

China vows to curb real estate 'speculation'

China's BAIC agrees to buy some Saab assets

At 50, Taiwan airline eyes turbulent future

WISE Launch Rescheduled For December 14

Cuts To Human Spaceflight Program Harms Aerospace Workforce, US Economy, And National Security

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